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	Hidden gems: 10 Python tools too good to overlook Parsing, image processing, computation -- these little-known Python libraries have you covered. Read More WHITE PAPER: Kaminario Testing of VMware View VDI on Kaminario K2 storage This technical report covers detailed performance and efficiency tests for the Kaminario K2 array supporting VMware Horizon View virtual desktops that quantify its ability to support a range of critical VDI workloads. Learn More>> In this Issue Not so Agile: 9 ways that companies do Scrum wrong Open source and free software graveyard, 2014 Top 10 IT skills based on increases in demand Quick look: PC-BSD 10.0.3 Oracle database certifications aren't 'permanent' anymore INSIDER New tech transforms transparency into privacy Despite recent gains, the best year for tech employment remains 2001 Microsoft's 'big opportunity' to goose device share stalls before it gets started Top Mac-o-lanterns from around the Web WHITE PAPER: HP Microsoft's SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse Value Prism Consulting compared each appliance based on publicly-available price and specification data, and on a price-to-performance scale, Microsoft's SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse is the most cost-effective appliance. Learn More>> Not so Agile: 9 ways that companies do Scrum wrong Here are methods for overcoming many of the pitfalls that companies frequently encounter when implementing the popular Agile framework. Read More Open source and free software graveyard, 2014 The good thing about open source projects getting killed off is that there always seems to be another to take its place. Here's a look at this year's carnage to date. Read More Top 10 IT skills based on increases in demand On any given day, employers post approximately 80,000 jobs on Dice.com. Here are the 10 fastest-growing categories based on number of mentions compared to a year ago. Read More Quick look: PC-BSD 10.0.3 PC-BSD 10.0.3 offers a FreeBSD based alternative to desktop Linux distributions. Read More WEBCAST: Dell Software Tips to Simplify Database Administration and Development Make your job easier while getting the most from the leading productivity tool for database professionals. Learn tips from Dell Software's Oracle® ACE, Bert Scalzo, and see how Toad's hidden functionality can save you hours each day, whether you're a developer or a DBA. Watch the Webcast. Learn more Oracle database certifications aren't 'permanent' anymore But the policy change only immediately reflects certifications for long-in-the-tooth versions of the database. Read More INSIDER New tech transforms transparency into privacy Preserving privacy by keeping information secret isn't working. MIT researchers have another solution. Read More Despite recent gains, the best year for tech employment remains 2001 In 2001, the tech industry employed 6.5 million people. Then the bubble burst, and payrolls shrank dramatically. That year remains the tech industry's employment high-water mark -- and it will take another 200,000 jobs to equal it. Read More Microsoft's 'big opportunity' to goose device share stalls before it gets started Microsoft's job of moving its device needle from 14%, which its COO said this summer represents "a much bigger opportunity than we've ever had in the past," just got harder. Gartner today forecast that the company's share will be flat this year and climb only slightly in 2015. Read More Top Mac-o-lanterns from around the Web A snapshot of Apple devotion expressed via carved vegetation. Read More
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